Completely Unnecessary

I don’t really have anything to blog about. I know this will come as a fatal blow to some, but, realistically, you really shouldn’t be hitching your cart to my tiny intellectual pony. It’s for the best.

My thesis is done, which comes as a shock to the both of us. It’s finished two days before the due date, which is new. The fact that I’m not jotting down notes on the way to turning it in is truly a first.

Though I’d really like never to discuss it again, possibly the most interesting thing I found in my sample set is that, aside from advisers, all the people interviewed in regard to Clinton were women.* It’s not necessarily relevant to what I’m about to say, but it’s interesting and, really, what on this blog has ever proved relevant anyway?

Here’s The Age’s assessment of Obama’s potential running mates:

Many people in the party would like to see the two senators on the same ticket. Other names floated as possible running mates for Senator Obama include former Virginia governor Mark Warner, Virginia senator Jim Webb, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Senator Joe Biden.

Missing from this list are Janet Napolitano, the Governor of Arizona, and Kathleen Sebelius, Kansas’ bipartisan governor.

Granted Brian Schweitzer, the Montana governor’s whose name has also been floated prominently, is also missing, but… seriously - no one thinks it’s going to be Biden. As much as I love him, Biden offers the prospect of a double-Senator ticket with only the support of a small, blue state in exchange. Smart money’s on the governor of a redish state.

Interesting that Napolitano and Sebelius keep getting left out of the mainstream media’s lists, though they appear everywhere on the lefty blogosphere - and, ostensibly, in the Obama campaign.

Truth be told, I hope not to talk about women, gender, politics and the media for quite some time. If we run into each other at the bar, I know lots about puppies, the Congo and gossip. I have lots and lots of non-political dirt that I’m absolutely bursting to share. Let’s talk about that instead!

* - Notice that awkward, overly long sentence structure? It appears throughout my thesis as well.

Vaguely Related

• The Ties That Convene
• The Endorsement You’ve Been Waiting For*